Fill in the blanks with prepositions | Exercises

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Exercise 2

Complete the following sentences with the appropriate preposition: 

1. The train was travelling  300 KMPH.
2. There’s a traitor us.
3. Let’s go  bus.
4. I’ve heard this  .
5. I’ve run out  money.
6. Plants die  water.
7. I need four pieces  paper.
8. There are several ways  cooking fish.
9. She lives London.
10. They are  holiday.

ANSWERS

1. The train was travelling at 300 KMPH.
2. There’s a traitor among us.
3. Let’s go by bus.
4. I’ve heard this before.
5. I’ve run out of money.
6. Plants die without water.
7. I need four pieces of paper.
8. There are several ways of cooking fish.
9. She lives in London.
10. They are on holiday.

Fill in the blanks with prepositions | Exercise + answers

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Exercise 1

Complete the following sentences with the appropriate preposition: 

1. I don’t agree  you.
2. This book is very special  me.
3. Look    the man  the picture. Who is he?
4. The car crashed   a fence  the other side of the road.
5. They apologized   the teacher  arriving late.
6.   my opinion, you should wait   confirmation before booking your plane ticket.
7. I’m tall   blond hair and blue eyes.
8. Paul is so funny, he’s very good  telling jokes.
9. I come   a small family.
10. Match the pictures  the names.

ANSWERS

1. with
2. for
3. at/in
4. into/on
5. to/for
6. in/for
7. with
8. at
9. from
10. with

Preposition exercise with answers (+PDF)

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Write the opposites of the following prepositions (there may be several solutions):

Ex: excepting ≠ including

1.  with  ≠  
2.  inside  ≠  
3.  under  ≠  
4.  in front of  ≠  
5.  up  ≠  
6.  before  ≠  
7.  against  ≠  
8.  above  ≠  
9.  far  ≠  
10.  like  ≠  

ANSWERS

1. without
2. outside
3. over / above / on top of
4. behind
5. down
6. after
7. for
8. below
9. close / near
10. unlike

Preposition exercises with answers

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Exercise 2

Find the prepositions in the following sentences:

Ex:   I sat between Paul and John.  → The preposition is: between

1. Despite his young age, he did a very good job.

→ The preposition is:

2. A boy came running toward me.

→ The preposition is:

3. I baked a cake for your birthday.

→ The preposition is:

4. The paper is on my desk.

→ The preposition is:

5. I come from Brazil.

→ The preposition is:

6. He put the blame upon me.

→ The preposition is:

7. The flowers were delivered by a postman.

→ The preposition is:

8. Tina put the cake into the oven.

→ The preposition is:

9. Tom took notes during class.

→ The preposition is:

10. Are you going to work until 10:00?

→ The preposition is:

ANSWERS

1. despite
2. towards
3. for
4. on
5. from
6. upon
7. by
8. into
9. during
10. until

Grammar exercises | Singular and Plural nouns

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Exercise 5

Put the following nouns in the singular:     Ex: garages → garage

1. horses →
2. dresses →
3. rivers →
4. mothers-in-law →
5. buses →
6. teachers →
7. gardens →
8. scarfs →
9. products → 
10. babies →

ANSWERS

Singular and Plural nouns | Exercises with answers

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Exercise 7

Put the following nouns in the singular:     Ex: garages → garage

1. countries →
2. Americans → 
3. ladies →
4. crosses →
5. fork → 
6. tomatoes →
7. lives →
8. heroes →
9. shelves →
10. sheriffs →

ANSWERS

1. countries → country
2. Americans → American
3. ladies → lady
4. crosses → cross
5. fork → forks
6. tomatoes → tomato
7. lives → life
8. heroes → hero
9. shelves → shelf
10. sheriffs → sheriff

Grammar exercise | Singular and Plural nouns

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Exercise 6

Put the following nouns in the singular:     Ex: garages → garage

1. days →
2. men →
3. bases →
4. thieves →
5. roofs →
6. cliffs →
7. sheep → 
8. cities →
9. lamps →
10. fish →
11. sandwiches →
12. children →

ANSWERS

1. days → day
2. men → man
3. bases → base
4. thieves → thief
5. roofs → roof
6. cliffs → cliff
7. sheep → sheep
8. cities → city
9. lamps → lamp
10. fish → fish
11. sandwiches → sandwich
12. children → child

Singular and Plural nouns | Exercises

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Exercise 8

Put the following nouns in the singular:     Ex: garages → garage

1. photos →
2. wives →
3. potatoes →
4. roses →
5. watches →
6. games →
7. cages →
8. cakes →
9. boxes →
10. families →
11. boys →
12. houses → 

ANSWERS

1. photos → photo
2. wives → wife
3. potatoes → potato
4. roses → rose
5. watches → watch 
6. games → game 
7. cages → cage 
8. cakes → cake 
9. boxes → box 
10. families → family 
11. boys → boy 
12. houses → house

Plural Nouns: Exercises

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Exercise 1

Put the following nouns in the plural:     Ex: park → parks

1. desk →
2. pencil →
3. bike →
4. cat →
5. invitation →
6. nurse →
7. half →
8. kilo →
9. mouth →
10. foot →

ANSWERS

1. desk → desks
2. pencil → pencils
3. bike → bikes
4. cat → cats
5. invitation → invitations
6. nurse → nurses
7. half → halves  
8. kilo → kilos  
9. mouth → mouths
10. foot → feet